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Since humans first discovered they could smear pigments on rock walls to represent things, we have had visual images. From cave stencils of hands, to Renaissance paintings, to 1700s pencil drawings, to the first photograph in 1827, to 1970s pixel art[[note]]Developed by Richard Shoup in 1972 for his [=SuperPaint=] system at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a tech innovation lab.[[/note]], illustrations and photographs are the oldest two forms of visual works.

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%%* PhotographicBackground - This trope is back at TLP

* PhotoMontage: a series of photographs featuring the main characters.

Since humans first discovered they could smear pigments on rock walls to represent things, we have had visual images. From cave stencils of hands, to Renaissance paintings, to 1700s pencil drawings, to the first photograph in 1827, to 1970s pixel art[[note]]Developed by Richard Shoup in 1972 for his SuperPaint system at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a tech innovation lab.[[/note]], illustrations and photographs are the oldest two forms of visual works.

Since humans first discovered they could smear pigments on rock walls to represent things, we have had visual images. From cave stencils of hands, to Renaissance paintings, to 1700s pencil drawings, to the first photograph in 1827, to 1980s pixel art, illustrations and photographs are the oldest two forms of visual works.

Since humans first discovered they could smear things on walls to represent things, we have had visual images. From cave stencils of hands, to Renaissance paintings, to 1700s pencil drawings, to the first photograph in 1827, to 1980s pixel art, illustrations and photographs are the oldest two forms of visual works.

Since humans first discovered they could smear things on walls to represent things, we have had visual images. From cave paintings, to Renaissance paintings, to pencil drawings, to photography in 1827 with the very first photograph, to pixel art, these are the oldest two forms of visual works.

* BeforeAndAfterPictures: An ad that shows a picture of a customer before they used the product and a picture depicting the customer after they used the product.
* BoringVacationSlideshow: A slideshow of someone's vacation is considered boring to those who watch it.

* CameraFiend: A character who always uses their camera.

* CameraSniper: A camera with a scope that looks like the one on a sniper rifle.
* CandidsForSale: Someone sells candid photographs or videos of someone else.

* ConvenientPhotograph: A photograph just happens to share a piece of important information that characters wouldn't have otherwise known.

* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Someone has an embarrassing photograph of when they were younger.
* EmbarrassingSlide: A slide show somehow has an embarrassing photograph of the presenter included with the other images.
* EnhanceButton: Impossible image enhancement.
* FaceOnTheCover: Using a celebrity's face to sell product.
* FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization: A family portrait tells us something about the members.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: Someone gets killed after showing a photo of their family.

* FictionalPainting: A work that focuses on an fictional in-universe painting.

* CaptionContest: A challenge to make a witty remark that goes under a funny picture.

* UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash

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